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kentuck

(115,635 posts)
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 11:42 AM Jun 2024

How the Republicans plan on stealing votes in the next election?

I know that this happened in Colorado. I don't know if it happened anywhere else?

But someone I know, who has been "unaffiliated" for a long time, received a Republican ballot in the mail for the primary a couple of days ago. As far as I know, he has never voted Republican in his life? So, he did not mail the ballot back, he simply trashed it.

But, what does that mean?

Will he receive a Republican ballot in the mail in the General Election?

The reason I bring this up is that a local election official, a Republican, was on the radio yesterday discussing the election results and he said that surprisingly, 65% of the "unaffiliated" voters had voted Republican in the primary, which was a record for the District.

Something to ponder...

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How the Republicans plan on stealing votes in the next election? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2024 OP
The rightwingers will be trying anything and everything they can think of... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #1
The thing about it is that there are more "Unaffiliated" than Democrats or Repubs in Colorado. kentuck Jun 2024 #2
There's no 'party ballot' in a general election, those are only for primaries... DemocraticPatriot Jun 2024 #3
Right! kentuck Jun 2024 #4
 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
1. The rightwingers will be trying anything and everything they can think of...
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 11:44 AM
Jun 2024

...to disrupt, question, stall, and ultimately disregard all election wins by Democrats.

These efforts will be carried out by paid rnc attorneys, unpaid individual rogue attorneys, broadcasters, think tanks, election officials in every county, private citizens at polling locations, political appointees and elected officials at every level and in every department and agency of government, and of course with violence by the indoctrinated public.

I hope we prepared for quick and thorough responses to the chaos they are dedicated to igniting.

kentuck

(115,635 posts)
2. The thing about it is that there are more "Unaffiliated" than Democrats or Repubs in Colorado.
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 11:49 AM
Jun 2024

So, if they send Repub ballots only to "unaffiliated" voters and they don't bother with correcting it, Democrats will lose a lot of votes and Repubs will gain votes. Many will just toss them in the trash and not vote at all. Who does that harm?

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